There's a ton of Flex jobs in the States too. You don't even need a year, you just need 2-3 medium sized applications under your belt and you're good to go. Flex 4 is actually much easier than Flex 3. They replaced a lot of complicated and disjointed low-level code with much simpler, higher-level code constructs - especially when it comes to layouts, colors, and shapes. Don't use the drawing API in Flex 3 - that's going away - otherwise you are certainly not wasting your time with Flex 3. Once you get one simple Flex 3 app down, I'd jump into Flex 4 and continue from there.
At my company we couldn't care less about age, sex or race. We have a lot of foreigners and people of varying ages - it would be nice to have a few more females but they don't apply! Cheers, Baz On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 2:24 AM, Kevin Bowers <[email protected]>wrote: > > > Hi, > > As a fellow 48 year old I'd say it would depend on a who range of things, > not just the Flex scripting skills. For a start, where in the world are > you? Here in Europe there is a real shortage of Flex skills, so anyone with > a fair level of ability should be able to get a job. > > As for the Flex version, well Flex 3 will continue to be in use for some > time I think, but as has been said earlier picking up Flex 4 once you have a > handle on 3 shouldn't be too much of a problem. > > Good luck, > > Kev > > ------------------------------ > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On > Behalf Of *Ivan Wang > *Sent:* 29 November 2009 07:07 > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [flexcoders] Re: Honestly guys , at 48 should I expect Flex > & AS3 to change my life job wise? > > > > Actually the differences between Flex 3 and 4 may not be that much as you > guess, at least not totally different. Flex is a framework anyway, the > basic things are still stay the same. Changes in layout, skin, new namespace > etc. just make it more well-organized and easier to use. > My suggestion is that you can learn AS first, then use Flex 3 to build a > small application from the ground up to learn the basic Flex. That's all you > need to start Flex 4. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* fred44455 <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Sunday, November 29, 2009 2:06 PM > *Subject:* [flexcoders] Re: Honestly guys , at 48 should I expect Flex & > AS3 to change my life job wise? > > > > Mr. Wang, > > Thank you so much for your input. I am currently learning Flex 3 under > Lynda.com Essential training > and I also purchased Lynda.ActionScript 3 essential training(with Flex not > Flash). I am using both tutorials and I seems to pick up the basics nicely. > However I tried to follow Flex4 in a week(from adobe videos) but it was too > hard for me to understand. These videos I think were assuming that you kow > Flex basics. > As you said it will be better to start with Flex4 & the framwook but there > is no Flex 4 book availble yet!! Do you think that the difference between > Flex 3 and Flex 4 is that huge? What I am trying to say is that I hope that > I am not wasting my time learning Flex 3 to realize(when the Flex 4 books > will be available) that it is a totally different programming using Flex 4. > > Thank you in advance for your answer, > > Regards, > Fred. > > --- In [email protected] <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>, "Ivan > Wang" <ivan.wang2...@...> wrote: > > > > Of course you will, learning a new language has nothing to do with one's > age. ActionScript is quite a simple language compared to other and Flex is > just a framework. One year is long enought to be a Flex Dev. > > I suggest you start from Flex 4 since it's quite diffrent from its > previous brother. Have fun. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: fred44455 > > To: [email protected] <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > > Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2009 12:05 PM > > Subject: [flexcoders] Honestly guys , at 48 should I expect Flex & AS3 to > change my life job wise? > > > > > > > > I am 48 and currently learning Flex3 & AS3. I have tried several other > platforms & languages and so far Flex is where I feel home , the coding feel > more intuitive to me , so I am expecting to keep learning the material. Now > let's say 1 year from now if I try to get a job will I be able to get an > entry level as Flex Developer? Even at my age? Or should I just continue > this as a hobby. > > > > Thanks for your time, > > Fred. > > > > >

